JUDGMENT :

C.PRATHEEP KUMAR, J.

The petitioner in O.P.(M.V.) No.1327/2011 on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Pathanamthitta is the appellant in MACA. No.2639/2017. The 3^rd respondent in the OP is the appellant in MACA.No.1477/2017. (For the purpose of convenience, the parties are hereafter referred to as per their rank before the Tribunal).

2. The petitioner filed the above O.P. under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, claiming compensation for the injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident that occurred on 20.9.2011. According to the petitioner, on 20.09.2011 at about 10.45 a.m., he was riding pillion on a motor cycle ridden by the 1^st respondent in a reckless manner and in exorbitant speed and when it reached near a railway over bridge, the rider applied sudden break so that he lost control over the motor cycle and hit against a car bearing registration No. KL-04V-1574. As a result of which, the petitioner fell down and sustained serious injuries.

3. The 1^st respondent is the rider, the 2^nd respondent is the owner and 3^rd respondent is the insurer of the offending vehicle. According to the petitioner, the accident occurred due to the negligence of the ri